Nehru also did not make an effort to keep the post of Speaker above party affiliations. Kripalani has underlined that Ananthasayanam Ayyangar was appointed governor of Bihar, after his term of office as Speaker was over. Hukam Singh, his successor, was appointed as governor of Rajasthan after he retired as Speaker. ‘One cannot imagine a Speaker of the House of Commons or of any other democratic assembly accepting the post of a minister [or governor] from the government after he left his office. This simply is not done!’ (Kripalani 2004; pp.856–7)
